Court of Appeals of New York

Conviction for second-degree murder is affirmed where defendant's trial counsel did not commit ineffective assistance of counsel in pursuing a misidentification defense while not advancing an inconsistent justification defense, after defendant decided on the strategy and denied that he was the person depicted shooting the victim on a surveillance video recording.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/12/20

Judges

• RIVERA

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel